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The Breakers Hotel, from Garden Pier
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View of the Breakers Hotel taken from the Garden Pier. A pavilion and rows of wooden benches are to the left and a sign advertises "Luigi Valeno's Band." Three children wearing sailor suits are standing in the foreground while others walk along the boardwalk toward the hotel behind them.
1916
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